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How long have you been lifting? If youre a new lifter, 10-15lb of lean muscle per YEAR is not outtve the question if your macros and lifting routine are on point. If you've been lifting a while 3-5 lb per YEAR is normal. I also personally think bulking and cutting phases are bull crap. Ik the "pros" do it but most of them…

The body wants the most convienient source of energy. Usually itll burn glucose in the muscle then fat stores combined with protein (muscle) stores and finally even lean or vital organ tissue if it comes to it. If you are stimulating the muscle tissue to grow (ie resistance training) the body will prefer fat bc it needs to…

Cutting and bulking tend to have larger amounts of fat and water weight. Just eat sub 250-500 of your maintenance calorie amount and lift heavy. Itll happen!

Yeah dont worry about "starvation mode" just up ur calories. 1000 is way too low for anyone

Bench is relatively light on the chest. It helps, but barbells are way more effective. Next in line would be cable machines. You end up, even with proper technique, utilizing triceps and delts alot with bench press. Also, pushups are awesome for chest, change up from wide to standard for variety.

As a massage therapist i deal with this all the time. Go get a good deep tissue massage from a licensed therapist. They need to work out your glutes, hams, QL, and probably back erector muscles. Some ice compressions on the spot might help too to knock out any inflammation.

It sounds crazy but my reward for weight loss and strength gains has been going kayacking and hiking with my family. Not even last year i could barely keep up. Oh, and a double scoop ice cream cone here and there 😜

I assume its within 20-50 cal more or less. Whatll get you is if you eat out ALOT and the portions vary (like extra cheese slices or extra mayo etc.

Syntha-6 from BSN. Hands down. Mixes well, tastes amazing, low sugar, etc. Comes in all kinds of flavors. Its a touch $$ but you only need 1 scoop a day for that easy 25grams of protein so itll last you a month.

For me it was teaching myself to recognize when im munching for stress and when im actually hungry. Took 3-4 weeks of actually thinking about it. I also know where i want to be physically in a year, 2 years, 5 years etc. And im determined to get there. Not only for myself but for my kids. I tell myself whats more…

Id honestly think about doing "some" resistance training too. You actually do want to retain muscle mass. Providing some stimulus to the muscles as you lose weight helps prevent further muscle atrophy (loss) You wont "bulk up" you'll simply retain or maybe gain a small amount if you've never lifted before. Think of weight…

We have 4. I usually wake up at 5am to workout before they are up. If i sleep in i may split my cardio and weights to morning and night. Some days it just doesn't happen but thats okay.

100% not true. You can create insulin resistance by consuming too much simple sugars over time, fat or not. Obesity simply increases the likelyhood. Theyve done quite a few recent studies also showing genetics probably are much less of a contributing factor than diet. You may have diebetic tendencies due to genetics, but…

Age, weight, activity levels, hormones, stress, fitness knowledge? Without any info no one is going to have much input

Just try to stay away from refined sugar except for the occasional sweet treat. Dont worry too much about the exact amount, just no tubs of ice cream or binge eating a box of girlscout cookies

Where you get your calories from does matter. But for overall fat loss, no, sugar doesnt instantly make you fat. Go search That Sugar Film on amazon prime (it might be on youtube) it raises some interesting points.

Ive found looking long term helps me with my all or nothing mentality. At first i felt like if i eat way too much one day that ive failed. But in the big scheme of things one day doesnt matter that much. I'm in this for the long haul.

Youll def lose alot of water weight at the beginning. So most of that loss isnt fat. But yeah fat loss isnt complicated. Eat a little less, eat healthier, watch yourself become skinnier

I think hormones play a more important role with age than simply calories and macro/micros. For example most mens testosterone starts dropping by 35 and continues. If you have low testosterone levels thatll affect both muscle and weight ultimately.

People over estimate calories burned. With a basic calories burned calculator, 5 miles in an hour at 150lb is around 550 calories. Are we running 8-9 minute miles for an hour consistantly every day? Thats not even the estimated 700 lol. Just eat healthy, watch the cals in, and get 30 to an hr of cardio couple times and…

I think lightly active for you will be fine. But i cannot fathom youre burning 600-700 calories in a workout at your body weight. Thatd be like sprinting for 2 hours. Whats ur typical workout look like?

Nope. Nothing that would be safe anyway. Stretching would be about it Regretfully i hear job situations like this, and 99% of the time the only way youll see real change is by making a job change. Just workout on days off. You could at least get a day or 2 a week.

Im with the others. Sounds like anxiety and hunger. Also no caffeine past 5pm. What do you do during the day? Might need to up your activity levels as well. Could also try over the counter sleep meds for a couple days to get into a better sleep cycle. If it continues id go talk to a doc though.

Just enjoy your trip. Eat till full and stay away from tons of sweets if you can help it. Its a marathon, not a sprint. Dont sweat about a week.

Large protein intake can cause bloating. Its water

I keep to only drinking on weekends and within my calories unless it's a "cheat" day. Alcohol is bad enough, i wouldn't subject my body to it every day. Talking weight loss or not

Depends. For legs only and arms only its not as important as long as you are breathing. For anything that will compress the diaphragm (situps, squats, benchpress, etc), breath in when extending and out when flexing. Weight comes towards body breath is pushed out, weight moves away from the body air comes in

2 lb per week. 250 to 223 so far in 3 months. Expect to drop another 20-30 this year and next year will be the remaining 10-15 give or take. Thats w a couple plateus at the beginning. A cruise and wedding, etc. It depends on how much you have to lose, age, hormones, activity, bmi, stress, work environment, macros, water…

Weight loss is 90% in the kitchen. Cardio for heart health, hormone balancing, respiratory health, etc Resistance training for strength, lean mass, etc You need all 3 to be successful long term. Eating back half exercise calories is what i usually do w great results. Most dont need to eat it back though, unless youre…

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